Carrot Poriyal | Carrot Stir Fry

Carrot poriyal recipe – a simple and quick South Indian carrot stir fry. This carrot poriyal is flavored with coconut and is mildly spiced. Poriyal forms an integral part of a South Indian meal. Poriyal in Tamil refers to a vegetable stir fry with spices and usually flavored with fresh coconut. It is served as a side dish for a South Indian meal. Most of the times I end up making a simple poriyal for lunch to go with rice and sambar or a spicy kuzhambu. This carrot poriyal is a breeze to make, once you have grated the carrots.

For other vegetable dry curries do check out okra potato stir fry | beetroot thoran | tawa potato fry. Carrot poriyal is best served as a side dish for rice and any kuzhambu like curry leaves kuzhambu. This is a healthy no onion-no garlic side dish. Carrots are one of the best sources of vitamin A. They can boost your immune system and good to be added regularly to your diet. Lets move on to the recipe for easy carrot poriyal.

step by step recipe for carrot poriyal

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add urad dal. When dal turns brown in color, add broken dry red chillies, curry leaves and grated ginger. Fry for a few seconds. Then add the grated carrots along with salt and turmeric powder.